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Human Rights Act 1998
07 October 2022 | Resource
Contents What is the Human Rights Act What does the European Court of Human Rights do? Key Articles and ... up to three months. When you use the HRA you will need to show which part of the convention has been breached and be ... was taken away from people detained under Section 47 of the Mental Health Act 1983. In other words, this differed from ...
Low income and vulnerable consumers debate
06 November 2014 | News
Yesterday the Lords debated how Government policies affect low income and vulnerable ... their enjoyment of the right to independent living”. Disability activists have led demands for a cumulative ... people, as well as on women and children. I would very much welcome the Minister’s response to that question of a ...
Scottish review into care charge costs
24 June 2013 | News
... for nursing care has been announced today by Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neil Newly-released statistics show that the number of people in Scotland being given state ... in a nursing home or in their own home. While Scotland does provide personal care for free people in care homes and ...
The Shameful Reality of Airplane Travel for Disabled People - Blog by Fazilet Hadi
22 July 2024 | News
... of exclusion as a Disabled airplane traveller. She explains how not only are the current procedures for Disabled ... flights. There was a real lack of respect and dignity shown to us. It was a truly shambolic service, where customer ... especially after an overnight trip, but imagine how much more horrific it would be if your first language ...
DBC response to PIP aids and appliances descriptors consultation
07 February 2016 | News
The Disability Benefits Consortium (DBC) has responded to this ... claimants must score some points from a descriptor that does not relate to aids and appliances. This would mean ... the greatest need. We have therefore decided to consult on how aids and appliances are taken into account when ...
A fork in the road: next steps for social care funding reform
17 May 2018 | News
... removes one of the systematic barriers to integration with health and although it is more expensive than 3, it is not ... of the report is on older users of the care system. “This does not mean that services for working-age adults do not ... additional funding. In fact, the opposite is clearly true. However, as described in our interim report , we see no ...
DWP concedes legal challenge by couple who lost almost £10,000 by claiming Universal credit
25 July 2021 | News
... mistakenly told them they had to. They proved to be much worse off under UC. They should have been protected ... transferred to UC, on account of being entitled to a severe disability premium (SDP). But DWP excluded them from that ... apply for judicial review, saying the claim was unarguable. However, after the High Court granted permission to apply ...
Sick Pay change blow for those with a PA
27 March 2014 | News
... no longer be able to claim reimbursement for Statutory Sick Pay following the abolition of the Percentage Threshold ... Disability Rights UK have been contacted by people who upon ... in employing people with a fluctuating or degenerating health condition; yet these employees are amongst the very ...
DWP sanctions system discriminated against disabled people for a decade
25 July 2019 | News
... obtained through a freedom of information request, show that disabled people claiming JSA were more likely to ... Against Cuts said: “Information given by UC statistics does not desegregate the data by claims, or by work ... finding coercive ways to get people off benefits when their health or other critical factors clearly make this ...
Disability Rights UK Conference 2017 report published
06 December 2017 | News
... (CRPD). This event was an opportunity to discuss how we make the UN Convention on the rights of disabled ... and implementing policies in Manchester including in health and social care. In particular, he was looking ... the Convention to be taken into account in reforming the Mental Health Act in the coming months. Disability Rights ...